Lace fabric including hot melt function

ABSTRACT

The disclosed technology relates to a novel lace fabric. The lace fabric  1  of the disclosed technology is woven from two different kinds of thread, and includes an opening area and a covering area which are formed by weaving a bottom thread, and a motif layer that is formed by weaving a motif thread on a surface of a bottom thread layer which is the covering area, wherein the surface of a core of the bottom thread is hot-melt coated, but the motif thread is not hot-melt coated.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent document is a continuation-in-part application of, andclaims priority and benefits of, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)application number PCT/KR2015/001195, entitled “LACE FABRIC HAVINGHOT-MELT FUNCTION”, filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office(KIPO) on Feb. 5, 2015, which further claims priority of Korean PatentApplication No. 10-2014-0015187, filed Feb. 11, 2014, and Korean PatentApplication No. 10-2014-0047205, filed on Apr. 21, 2014. The entiredisclosures of the above applications are incorporated by reference intheir entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosed technology relates to a lace fabric.

BACKGROUND

Lace fabric is widely used as ornamentation in industries such asclothing or stuffed toys. The lace fabric is distributed as anindependent subsidiary material, or as attached to clothing or stuffedtoys. Regardless of the distribution channel, the lace fabric tends toultimately be used by being attached to an adherend, which is a base.However, there have been many difficulties and technical limitations intypical techniques related to attaching the lace fabric to the adherend.

SUMMARY

Some implementations of the disclose technology provide a novel lacefabric that may be used by being conveniently attached to an adherend.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosed technology, a hot meltcoating layer is formed on one surface (rear surface) of the lacefabric. Thus the user may use the lace fabric that is attached to theadherend, merely by placing the lace fabric onto the adherend and thenironing them. This revolutionary lace fabric embodying novel concepts isdisclosed through the present specification.

In another exemplary embodiment of the disclosed technology, therevolutionary technique is disclosed in which the novel lace fabrichaving a hot melt function is easily manufactured without any technicaldisadvantage in the use thereof.

The disclosed technology also provide other unspecified objectives whichare easily inferred within the scope of the following detaileddescription and advantageous effects thereof.

In one aspect of the disclosed technology, a lace fabric is provided toinclude a bottom thread layer, which is a covering area which coversabout 10% to about 95% and in which a thread of a knit structure forms asurface, and a design pattern that includes an opening area, of about 5to about 95%, in which the thread of the knit structure does not form asurface, wherein a surface of the bottom thread layer is configured asan uneven surface on which lace motif design patterns are formed toprovide a plurality of layers, a rear surface of the bottom thread layeris configured as an even surface, and a hot melt adhesive, made ofthermoplastic resin, that attaches to an adherend through application ofheat and pressure is coated on a rear surface of the bottom thread layerto thereby form a hot melt coating layer on a rear surface of thecovering area.

In the lace fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosedtechnology, the hot melt coating layer formed on the rear surface of thebottom thread layer of the lace fabric may be advantageously obtained bylaminating a first paste dot layer and a second paste dot layer insequence, and a paste adhesive may be advantageously coated on the rearsurface of the covering area through roll printing to form the firstpaste dot layer, and then hot melt powder may be advantageouslyscattered on the first paste dot layer to form the second paste dotlayer.

In a lace fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosedtechnology, the surface of the covering area may be advantageouslyconfigured as the uneven surface of the plurality of layers by formingthe lace motif through reweaving of pattern members, made of differingmaterials, on and above a woven thread of the lace fabric.

In a lace fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosedtechnology, the paste that is used in the hot melt coating layer, thepaste that is used in the first paste dot layer may be advantageouslythe same as or different from the paste that is used in the second pastedot layer.

In a second aspect of the disclosed technology for overcoming suchlimitations as above, a lace fabric, woven from two different kinds ofthreads, includes:

an opening area and a covering area which are formed by weaving a bottomthread, and a motif layer that is formed by weaving a motif thread on asurface of a bottom thread layer which is the covering area, wherein thesurface of a core of the bottom thread is hot-melt coated, but the motifthread is not hot-melt coated.

In a lace fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosedtechnology, the opening area that is formed by weaving the bottom threadmay advantageously occupy about 5% to about 95%

In a lace fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosedtechnology, the hot melt coating may be advantageously formed on thesurface of the core of the bottom thread through processes of dippingthe core into a hot melt suspension, drying, and winding.

In a third aspect of the disclosed technology, a method of attaching theabove-described lace fabric to an adherend includes cutting and puttingthe lace fabric over a surface of the adherend, and attaching a rearsurface of the lace fabric to the surface of the adherend by placing aniron on a motif layer of the lace fabric to apply pressure and heat at atemperature of at least 110° C.

The disclosed technology can be used to provide a significant advantageof easily and conveniently attaching a lace fabric to various clothing,stuffed toys, etc. Since no adhesive film is used in the disclosedtechnology, not only is manufacturing be done with ease, usage is alsoextremely easy. Attachment of the lace fabric is easily accomplished bymerely placing the lace fabric on an adherend and then ironing.

By using the lace fabric of the disclosed technology, not only is itpossible to showcase various fashions, new commercial possibilities thatactively employ lace fabric in fabric do-it-yourself (DIY) may also beproposed.

Meanwhile, even if not clearly stated herein, advantageous effects thatare disclosed in or inferred from the contents of the belowspecification and may be anticipated by the technical features of thedisclosed technology, will be treated the same as those that aredisclosed in the specification of the disclosed technology.

The above and other features and associated advantages are described indetail in the drawings, the description and the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary surface 100 configurationof a lace fabric 1 according to Example 1 of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary rear surface 101configuration of a lace fabric 1 in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a crosssection of a lace fabric 1 of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method for manufacturing a lacefabric 1 according to Example 1 of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 5A to 5C are exemplary diagrams according to Example 2 of thedisclosed technology.

FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a bottom thread 11used in a lace fabric of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 5B illustrates a motif thread 12 used in a lace fabric of thedisclosed technology.

FIG. 5C illustrates a relationship between a bottom thread and a motifthread used in a lace fabric of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary rear surface 101 configuration of a lacefabric 1 according to Example 2 of the disclosed technology.

The accompanying drawings are provided merely as examples for betterunderstanding the technical spirit of the disclosed technology, andshould not be construed as limiting the scope of the disclosedtechnology.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

According to typical techniques, a way of sewing is usually used inwhich, after placing the lace fabric on the adherend and making a seammargin on an edge of the fabric, a sewing machine is used to backstitchthe seam margin part onto the adherend. However, unless a user of thelace fabric was an export, it was difficult to accurately sew the lacefabric onto the adherend, and a quick sewing job was even moredifficult. In particular, in the case of the lace fabric of a designhaving numerous holes, and thus a very low covering degree, suchtechnical difficulties were doubled.

Thus, the inventors of the disclosed technology explored a method, whichis unlike typical techniques, of cutting the lace fabric to a desiredsize, and then using an adhesive to bond the cut lace fabric onto a basemember. However, a procedure in which the user, while using the lacefabric, is coating the adhesive directly on a rear surface thereof isextremely difficult due to the low covering degree of the lace fabric.Thus, applying a technique in which an adhesive layer is formed on onesurface of the lace fabric during a process of manufacturing the lacefabric is considered to be more advantageous. For example, Korean PatentNo. 549816 discloses a method for manufacturing fabric that attaches toclothing through heating in which an adhesive film is laminated on anornamental fabric, i.e., a fabric on which is formed an ornamentalpattern, which is not a lace fabric. The lamination is done by using aroller to laminate the adhesive film on the ornamental fabric. Next, ahalf cutter of the manufacturing apparatus is used to repeatedly cut thelaminated fabric. This technique cannot be applied to the lace fabric inpart because the design of the lace fabric is extremely varied so thatit is inconvenient and uneconomical to adjust a cutting pattern of thehalf cutter in the manufacturing apparatus. In addition, since the lacefabric includes a roughness of a weave and numerous holes, the lacefabric cannot be sufficiently laminated with the adhesive film and it isgenerally difficult to attach the lace fabric to the adherend. Even ifthe adhesive film is managed to be attached to the lace fabric, there isa critical limitation of the user being unable, due to the many holes,to separate the adhesive film from the lace fabric.

The inventors developed the disclosed technology based on recognition ofthe above and other technical issues and after a long research effort.

In a lace fabric, a part that, according to shape, has a lot ofknitting, and thus many interlocking threads, has a high coveringdegree. Conversely, a part that has little knitting is characterized byhaving a very low covering degree, such as being see-through or having ahole. Here, the covering degree represents an area, per unit surfacearea of the fabric surface, occupied by warp and weft (or fiber).

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, detaileddescription will be given of modes for carrying out the disclosedtechnology. In describing the disclosed technology, detaileddescriptions of known techniques that are obvious to a person withordinary skill in the art will be excluded so as not to unnecessarilyobscure the essence of the disclosed technology.

Example 1

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary surface 100 configurationof a lace fabric 1 of the disclosed technology. The surface 100 of thelace fabric 1 includes a bottom thread layer 110, which is a coveringarea in which a thread of a knit structure forms a surface, and anopening area 130 in which the knit structure is not present. A lacedesign pattern is formed on the bottom thread layer 110, and the lacedesign pattern is provided with a plurality of layers according to thedesign. In order to express not only the density of the knit structureand thickness of the thread, but also the lace pattern and texture, theplurality of layers may include a motif layer 112 that is configured asa thread pattern that expresses a motif by reweaving on the surface ofthe bottom thread layer 110. In other words, the lace design pattern isformed by weaving the motif layer 112 on the bottom thread layer 110. Inaccordance with the motif layer 112, the lace fabric 1 is provided withthe plurality of layers and the design pattern of the surface 100 of thelace fabric 1 may be formed. Typically, in the lace fabric 1, the lacepattern and texture may be expressed through the density of the knitstructure and the thickness of the thread, which are realized throughthe bottom thread. In the disclosed technology, various motifs areexpressed on the surface that includes the plurality of layers, and byreweaving with the motif thread, which has different properties from thebottom thread, in the covering area of the bottom thread layer 110 toform the motif layer, the various patterns and textures of the lacefabric 1 may be added.

In this way, when the motif layer 112 is added onto the bottom threadlayer 110, ridges, whose members differ in height from each other, areformed on the surface 100 of the lace fabric 1, and thus the surface 100forms an uneven surface.

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates an exemplary rear surface 101 of thelace fabric 1 of the disclosed technology. The bottom thread layer 110and opening area 130 do not differ from the configuration of the surface100. However, since the rear surface 101 of the lace fabric 1 excludesthe motif layer 112 as shown in FIG. 1, the rear surface 101 forms arelatively even surface compared to the surface 100. In the disclosedtechnology, the degree of evenness of the rear surface 101 of the lacefabric 1 does not indicate completely flat planes, but instead indicatesthat the rear surface 101 is relatively flat compared to the surface100.

Meanwhile, it is further stated that the bottom thread layer 110 of thelace fabric 1 does not exclude an opening. This is because even thebottom thread layer 110, which is the covering area, includes a meshfrom the knitting. Only the size of the mesh, which forms the opening,differs for each position of the covering area 110.

In the case of the lace fabric 1 of the disclosed technology, a ratiobetween the bottom thread layer 110, which is the covering area, and theopening area 130 is different for each lace design. The lace fabric 1 ofthe disclosed technology is attached to an adherend (not shown), such asclothing or stuffed toys, and when the bottom thread layer 110, thecovering area, is increased, there are more interlocking threads, andthus it becomes more difficult to see through to the adherend, throughthe lace fabric 1. Conversely, as the opening area 130 increases, thereare less interlocking threads, and thus it becomes easier to see throughto the adherend through the lace fabric 1. Desirably, the bottom threadlayer 110 of the disclosed technology may occupy a surface area ratio ofabout 10% to about 95% per unit area (for example, per square yard) ofthe lace fabric 1. When the surface area ratio of the bottom threadlayer 110 is less than about 10%, it is difficult to form a hot meltcoating layer (see 150 in FIG. 3) on the rear surface 101 of the lacefabric. When the surface area ratio is greater than about 95%, number ofholes becomes excessively small, and thus the use-value of the lacefabric 1 may be decreased.

The lace fabric of the disclosed technology, despite the low ratio ofthe covering area, may not only form the hot melt coating layer moreeffectively than typical techniques, but also demonstrates an advantageof allowing the user to easily use the lace fabric of the disclosedtechnology. This is because there is no additional adhesive film thatmust be removed by the user.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary configuration of a cross section of thebottom thread layer 110 of the lace fabric 1 of the disclosedtechnology. Towards the surface of the bottom thread layer 110, the lacemotif layer 112 is rewoven on the lace fabric to form a surface. Thus,the surface of the bottom thread layer 110 is provided with theplurality of surfaces. As a result, the covering area surface of thebottom thread layer 110 may be made up of ridges according to the heightof the motif layer 112. Conversely, towards the rear surface of thebottom thread layer 110, the hot melt coating layer 150, on which a hotmelt adhesive is coated, is formed. The lace fabric 1 is thin, and therear surface of the bottom thread layer 110 does not form a completelyflat plane. Moreover, since, during a process of attaching the hot meltadhesive layer to the adherend, the hot melt adhesive can flow throughthe opening area 130 at the boundary between the opening area 130 andthe bottom thread layer 110 (Strike Back issue), the process of formingthe hot melt adhesive layer in the lace fabric 1 is an extremelysensitive and important principle of the disclosed technology.

FIG. 4 conceptually illustrates a process for forming the hot meltcoating layer 150 according to an embodiment of the disclosedtechnology. The rear surface 101 of the lace fabric 1 is disposed on asubstrate 200, and the substrate 200 is transported in the direction ofthe arrow. Next, the hot melt coating layer 150 is formed on the rearsurface 101 of the lace fabric 1. Hereinafter, a method of forming thehot melt coating layer will be described in detail.

First, using rotating screen rollers 201 and 202, the paste adhesive,which is in a liquid state, is coated, in a manner similar to printing,to form a first paste dot layer 103 on the rear surface 101 of thefabric 1. Specifically, the doctor blade 203 of the screen roller 201 ismanipulated to employ a paste 205 in printing base dots on the rearsurface 101 of the lace fabric 1.

In the composition of the paste, water makes up about 55 wt % to about70 wt % of the paste and functions as a medium for dispersing the paste.A hot melt powder (about 25 to 35 wt %), which makes up the majority ofthe portion except water, may include polyamide hot melt or polyesterhot melt. Desirably, dispersing agents, which are surfactants that actas wetting agents and function to facilitate a stable dispersion of thehot melt powder in the water; protective colloids, which are watersoluble polymers that prevent each other from solidifying in the paste;plasticizers that bond with the hot melt adhesive to lower the meltingtemperature range and viscosity; lubricants that use polyethylene glycolto facilitate a transfer of the dot from the screen to the lace fabric;and thickeners that use polyacrylic acid to regulate the appropriateviscosity for the mechanical conditions may be further included. Inaddition, the paste may include plastic dispersing agents such aspolyacrylate, polyurethane, latex, etc.

Various materials may be selected for the hot melt that is used in thedisclosed technology. The hot melt materials such as styrene-basedthermoplastic elastomer formed through alternating copolymerization ofpolystyrene blocks and blocks of polybutadiene and polyisoprene,ethylene-vinyl acetate-based resin containing between about 18 wt % toabout 40 wt % of vinyl acetate, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer,olefin-based resin, polyester-based resin, polyamide-based resin,polyurethane-based resin, etc. may be appropriately used.

Next, the about 80 to about 200 micron hot melt powder 221 in a hopper220 is provided to the lace fabric 1 through a sputtering roller 230,and an oscillating brush 231 scatters the hot melt powder 221 onto therear surface 101 of the lace fabric 1. Here, the hot melt powder 221lands on the first paste dot layer 103 to form a second paste dot layer105.

Afterwards, powder, other than the second paste dot layer 105 thatlanded on the first paste dot layer 103, is suctioned and removed by asuction apparatus 240. The substrate 200 is passed through an aircirculation-type chamber 250 to evaporate moisture contained in the dotlayer of the lace fabric 1, and to dry the hot melt coating layer 150that includes the paste dots. In a melting process, the second paste dotlayer 105, which is the hot melt powder disposed on the first paste dotlayer 103, melts, and at the same time is clumped together with thefirst paste dot layer 103. For complete drying, an infrared radiator 260may be installed. The dots are cooled and solidified by undergoing acooling operation, and by winding the lace fabric 1, the lace fabric 1that is provided with the hot melt coating layer 150 of the disclosedtechnology may be manufactured.

Desirably, the dot weight of the first paste dot layer 103 may be about3 to about 5 g/m², and the dot weight of the second paste dot layer maybe about 5 to about 7 g/m². The size of the dots may be modified invarious ways according to the intended use and design of the lacefabric. Moreover, it is further stated that compositions of the hot meltpowder used to form the first paste dot layer 103, and the hot meltpowder used to form the second paste dot layer 105 may be combined invarious ways.

The method for forming the hot melt coating layer on the lace fabric 1may be modified in various ways. For example, an embodiment in which themethod of forming the first paste dot layer 103 as shown FIG. 4 is onlyused, and an embodiment in which the hot melt powder is transferreddirectly to the lace fabric 1 may be considered for application.However, such methods have the disadvantages of an unsatisfactorycoating job that is caused by the lace fabric having the property of anextremely low covering degree, and a limitation of easily inducing theStrike Back issue. In particular, since in the latter method, thesurface is coated with the hot melt by directly transferring hightemperature heat to the lace fabric, it is difficult to apply the methodto the lace fabric, which is thin and sensitive to heat.

Example 2

In the above Example 1, the hot melt coating layer 150 is formed on therear surface of the lace fabric 1, but the following desirable Example 2of the disclosed technology may be differentiated from Example 1 in thatthe hot melt coating is made to be performed on the thread itself of thelace fabric. The other configuration is substantially the same.

As shown in FIG. 5, the lace fabric of the disclosed technology is wovenfrom two different kinds of thread. Moreover, the lace fabric is formedthrough two different woven layers. As in FIG. 5A, the bottom thread 11includes a core 11 a and the coating layer 11 b. Yarn may typically beused as the core 11 a. In the disclosed technology, the hot melt coatinglayer 11 b is formed over the entire surface of the core 11 a of thebottom thread 11. Conversely, unlike the bottom thread 11, the surfaceof the motif thread 12 excludes the hot melt coating, as shown in FIG.5B.

FIG. 5C conceptually illustrates the relationship between the use of thebottom thread 11 and the motif thread 12. The bottom thread layer 110,which determines the covering area of the lace fabric, is made byknitting the bottom thread 11. The motif layer 112 is made by weavingthe motif thread 12 on the region in which the bottom thread layer 110was formed. Thus, without the bottom thread layer 110, the motif layer112 cannot be woven, and without the motif layer 112, the lace fabric ofthe disclosed technology cannot be completed. Also, in the technicalspirit of the disclosed technology, the thread that forms the bottomthread layer 110 and the thread that forms the motif layer 112 may havedifferent physical properties from each other, and in particular, thephysical properties of the surfaces of the threads are different.

The surface 100 configuration of the lace fabric 1 is as described inFIG. 1. The surface 100 of the lace fabric 1 includes the bottom threadlayer 110, which is the covering area in which the thread of the knitstructure of the lace fabric forms the surface, and the opening area 130in which the knit structure is not present.

As described in FIG. 5C, the motif layer 112 is woven on the bottomthread layer 110, which is the covering area, to thereby form the lacedesign pattern. Therefore, according to the motif layer 112, the lacefabric 1 includes the plurality of layers, and the design pattern may beformed on the surface 100 of the lace fabric 1. Typically, the patternand texture of the lace may be expressed through the density of the knitstructure and the thickness of the thread, which are formed through thebottom thread. In the disclosed technology, various motifs are expressedon the surface that includes the plurality of layers, and variouspatterns and textures of the lace fabric 1 may be added by reweavingwith the motif thread, which is characteristically different from thebottom thread, on the covering area of the bottom thread layer 110 toform the motif layer 112.

When the motif layer 112 is formed on the covering area, the ridges,whose members differ in height from each other, are formed on thesurface 100 of the lace fabric 1, and thus the surface 100 forms anuneven surface.

FIG. 6 schematically illustrates an exemplary rear surface 101configuration of the lace fabric 1. The rear surface 101 configurationof the bottom thread layer 110, which is the covering area, and theopening area 130 does not differ substantially from the configuration ofthe surface except for the following. Since the configuration of themotif layer 112, such as in FIG. 2, is not present in the rear surface101 of the lace fabric 1, the rear surface 101 forms a relatively evensurface compared to the surface 100. In the disclosed technology, theevenness of the rear surface 101 of the lace fabric 1 does not indicatephysically completely flat planes, but instead indicates that the planeof the rear surface 101 is relatively flat compared to the surface 100.

Meanwhile, it is further stated that the covering area, which is wovenby using the bottom thread of the lace fabric 1 of the disclosedtechnology, does not exclude openings. This is because even the bottomthread layer 110 includes the mesh from the knitting. It is merely thesize of the mesh that differs for each position of the covering area.

The surface area ratio between the bottom thread layer 110, which is thecovering area, and opening area 130 differs for each lace design. Whenthe bottom thread layer 110 is increased, there are more interlockingthreads, and thus it becomes more difficult to see through to theadherend through the lace fabric 1. Conversely, as the opening area 130increases, there are less interlocking threads, and thus it becomeseasier to see through to the adherend through the lace fabric 1.Desirably, the bottom thread layer 110 of the disclosed technology mayoccupy a surface area ratio of about 5% to about 95% per unit area (forexample, per square yard) of the lace fabric 1. When the surface arearatio of the bottom thread layer 110 is less than about 5%, there are anexcessive number of holes in the lace fabric, and when the ratio isgreater than about 95%, number of holes becomes excessively small, andthus the use-value of the lace fabric 1 may be decreased. Thus, theopening area, formed through weaving of the bottom thread, desirablyoccupies the surface area ratio of about 5% to about 95%.

As described above, the surface of the bottom thread 11 forming thebottom thread layer 110 of the disclosed technology is hot melt coatedwith the thermoplastic resin. That is, in the lace fabric of thedisclosed technology, the bottom thread 11 produced through the hot meltcoating process is woven to form the bottom thread layer 110.

A hot melt suspension is coated on the surface of the thread bysufficiently dipping the core of the thread, to be used in the lacefabric, in the hot melt suspension that is in a molten state of about110° C. to about 180° C. Desirably, the core of the thread is dipped inthe hot melt suspension for about 15 to about 30 hours. By undergoingthe process of taking out the dipped core to dry, the hot melt-coatedbottom thread 11 may be obtained. Desirably, the hot melt coating layeris sufficiently dried by leaving at room temperature for about 10 to 15minutes. An air cooler may be used to reduce the drying time.

The bottom thread 11 obtained as such is wound with a winder. Whenmanufacturing the lace fabric, the bottom thread 11 is woven into apredetermined pattern to thereby form the bottom thread layer 110.

Various materials may be selected as the hot melt suspension used in thedisclosed technology. The hot melt materials such as styrene-basedthermoplastic elastomer formed through alternating copolymerization ofpolystyrene blocks and blocks of polybutadiene and polyisoprene,ethylene-vinyl acetate-based resin containing between about 18 wt % toabout 40 wt % of vinyl acetate, ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer,olefin-based resin, polyester-based resin, polyamide-based resin,polyurethane-based resin, etc. may be appropriately used.

Moreover, the functionality of the hot melt suspension may be improvedby including known polymerization initiators, surfactants, dispersionstabilizers, or other additives in the hot melt suspension.

By hot melt coating the yarn itself, which forms the bottom thread layerof the lace fabric, the technical disadvantage of the Strike Backlimitation being easily induced when forming the hot melt coating on onesurface of the lace fabric may be completely overcome. Moreover, theoptimum hot melt technique that can be easily applied to the physicalproperties of the lace fabric, which is a thin fabric, may be provided.In addition, there is an advantage of obtaining the lace fabric that hasthe hot melt function and is also much thinner than the lace fabric ofthe above Example 1.

The lace fabric that is manufactured in this way provides the novelmethod that differs from typical techniques with regard to attachinglace fabric to the adherend such as clothing or stuffed toys. The lacefabric of the disclosed technology may be cut into the desired size, andthe rear surface thereof may be placed on the surface of the adherend.Next, after placing an iron on the surface of the lace fabric, that is,the uneven surface, the iron may be used to apply heat and pressure at atemperature of at least about 110° C., and desirably about 120° C. toabout 170° C. Consequently, the rear surface of the lace fabric and thesurface of the adherend attach to each other as the hot melt layer ofthe lace fabric melts.

The scope of the disclosed technology is not limited to the clearlydescribed Examples which are disclosed above. Moreover, it should beunderstood that the scope of the disclosed technology cannot be limitedby modifications or substitutions that are obvious in the technicalfield.

1. A lace fabric, comprising: a bottom thread layer forming a coveringarea which covers about 10% to about 95% of the lace fabric and having asurface with a thread of a knit structure; and a design pattern thatincludes an opening area which covers about 5% to about 90% of the lacefabric and in which the thread of the knit structure does not form asurface, wherein the surface of the bottom thread layer is configured asan uneven surface on which lace motif design patterns are formed toprovide a plurality of layers, a rear surface of the bottom thread layeris configured as an even surface, and a hot melt adhesive, that is madeof a thermoplastic resin and attaches to an adherend through applyingheat and pressure, is coated on the rear surface of the bottom threadlayer to thereby form a hot melt coating layer on a rear surface of thecovering area.
 2. The lace fabric of claim 1, wherein: the hot meltcoating layer includes a first paste dot layer and a second paste dotlayer; and the first paste dot layer includes a paste adhesive coated onthe rear surface of the covering area, and the second paste dot layerincludes hot melt powder scattered on the first paste dot layer.
 3. Thelace fabric of claim 2, wherein, the paste used in the first paste dotlayer is the same as or different from the paste used in the secondpaste dot layer.
 4. A lace fabric woven from two different kinds ofthreads, the lace fabric comprising: an opening area and a covering areawhich are formed with a woven bottom thread; and a motif layer that isformed with a motif thread woven on a surface of a bottom thread layerwhich is the covering area, wherein a surface of a core of the bottomthread is hot-melt coated, and the motif thread is not hot-melt coated.5. The lace fabric of claim 4, wherein the opening area occupies about5% to about 95% of the lace fabric.
 6. The lace fabric of claim 4,wherein the hot melt coating is formed on the surface of the core of thebottom thread through processes of dipping the core into a hot meltsuspension, drying, and winding.
 7. A method of attaching the lacefabric of claim 1 to an adherend, the method comprising: cutting a lacefabric; putting the lace fabric cut over a surface of an adherend; andattaching a rear surface of the lace fabric to the surface of theadherend by applying pressure and heat on a motif layer of the lacefabric, the heat at a temperature of at least 110° C.
 8. A method ofattaching the lace fabric of claim 4 to an adherend, the methodcomprising: cutting a lace fabric; putting the lace fabric cut over asurface of an adherend; and attaching a rear surface of the lace fabricto the surface of the adherend by applying pressure and heat on a motiflayer of the lace fabric, the heat at a temperature of at least 110° C.